Joe,
How does crappy steel products have anything to do with an 80% welding reject rate ?
Or was it welded by Chinese ?
We all know there is some crap coming out of China but the OP was stating how he is trying to buy only American.
That is a patriotic and admirable stance but I bet if all the posters on this forum were honest they would admit well over 80% of their possessions were made outside the US.
Cheers,
Shane